Description
Book SynopsisThis book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in physics, engineering, astronomy, applied mathematics and for researchers working in related subjects. It is an excellent study tool for those students who would like to work independently on more electrodynamics problems in order to deepen their understanding and problem solving skills.
The book discusses main concepts and techniques related to Maxwell''s equations, potentials and fields (including Liénard-Wiechert potentials), electromagnetic waves, and the interaction and dynamics of charged point particles. It also includes content on magnetohydrodynamics and plasma, radiation and antennas, special relativity, relativistic kinematics, relativistic dynamics and relativistic-covariant dynamics and general theory of relativity. It contains a wide range of problems, ranging from electrostatics and magnetostatics to the study of the stability of dynamical systems, field theories and black hole orbiting. The book ev
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Electrostatics
Chapter 2. Magnetostatics
Chapter 3. Energy of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields. Electromagnetic induction
Chapter 4. Stationary and quasi-stationary currents
Chapter 5. Liénard-Wiechert potentials. Electromagnetic waves
Chapter 6. Motion of charged particles in the electromagnetic field - non-relativistic approach.
Chapter 7. Magnetohydrodynamics. Plasma
Chapter 8. Special Theory of Relativity. Relativistic kinematics
Chapter 9. Relativistic dynamics
Chapter 10. Relations of field transformations
Chapter 11. Relativistic-covariant dynamics
Chapter 12. General Theory of Relativity
Appendix A. Elements of tensor calculus
Appendix B. Tensors in the 3D Euclidean space
Appendix C. Tensors in Minkowski space
Appendix D. Curvilinear coordinates in the physical space
Appendix E. Dirac’s delta distribution
Appendix F. Green’s function
